Show about america wisdom thrift a blessing by ED HOWE HAVE been reading fl endrik van I 1 lo 10 loons 0 ns new geography in which pecans seem only magnified big creeks tonilo in the same way as the little crocks creeks in every neighborhood the ahll dren ran fish and swim in and the co coain nd ty bridge the book Is devoted mainly to the physical characteristics acte of the world to the good oi or bad luck the people of different countries drew ns as the 06 mountains and rivers finally settled down and been became T e fit for human habitation brorn alfrom a geographical point pointon of view pays ili e writer wrt ter a n foreigner Ai america Is almost everything that could possibly be desired and had most luck or of nil nothing Is lackl lacking ng climate and soil the best the rivers mountains and plains happened to fall into the best possible arrangement forthe convenience of men alm times s are hard har d but so far as nature could oblige us ua in its huge haphazard and careless way it did better in america than elsewhere so that Is settled again if we go to the devil we vre should at least be fair enough to admit that we had a better chance than any other people there are till nil sorts of opinions about me 0 0 mcintyre even goes so far as to say ills his publication ls Is filled with tolerance and wisdom and not with indignation im not very indignant ive iva finally I 1 discovered that whatever Is happening has happened before and was intended to happen A good gentleman who edits the most foolish of till all such publications licati ons writes never does the human soul appear so strong and noble ns as when it foregoes revenge and dares forgive an injury I 1 have no soul boul but I 1 forego revenge and forgive injuries every lay day did I 1 not I 1 should have by this time shot a good many people As to wisdom there Is not much of it such as there Is Is available to all and consists in admitting human and world faults and doing a little better with them what Is the object of saving sating near ly always to provide for sickness old age to educate children to provide the comforts of life to build better homes business houses schools and roads can there ther be honest bb ejection to any six tortal e djs notia inisi ili cawte euer 24 A ful fu I 1 jhb whis w always 4 a c chih 0 afi fj why wbk then the criticize the frugal thrifty lining lia f ts Is riot such course denial of a worthy principle we teach our children in every mothers talk lo ic loher her children she includes the importance of thrift life Is a very serious business we ire know saving Is as important as industry or politeness or fairness or temperance every useful development in the community or nation Is due to men who work diligently and save something when parents say to a boy become a good man they mean thrift also most host writers claim only a few men are intelligent but I 1 have never been of that opinion it if men did not have a good deal of intelligence they would valli into the fire into the river and be destroyed the great number of bf the race proves that men know enough and once a man has life it Is only a question of improving it history proves this may not only be done but has been from century to century I 1 have known many men called fools to astonish others called wise intelligence Is no more than the cunning exhibited by a fox knowledge inherited and acquired from long elpe fience A fox celebrated as smartest of dumb brutes uses all the sense he has which men will not do if a fox fos encounters suspicious tracks he stop to argue he Is entitled to range that territory but makes off never yet has there been a fox urging that foxes and men should love each other we are all more idle intemperate unfair and impolite than we are ignorant nature looks after its creatures somewhere in blood and brain there Is education when it Is needed inheritance from it a long line of learning recently I 1 was watching a salvation army service on the streets and noted that all the participants were young one fellow in uniform was about awen ty two years old and a perfect physical specimen most of the women were young also and there was little talk about religion most boft of it was about putting a dollar on the drum when an old woman Is in the company of fl a young and pretty girl she Is disposed to hover bover around the younger woman and hear bear again the sweet things men once said to her 0 when I 1 visit a theater I 1 do not care for scenes from maternity wards or other gross incidents in the story of love later however motherhood Is a fine sentiment and alts well into a show I 1 do not know that moth ers erg are gentler or wiser or moro more patient than ancient maidens but there are more old mothers than old maids and more of them to admire barc unfaithful to my own sex BOX to the extent that I 1 believe that in nit natural tural goodness women average a little better than men A 1913 bell anu serece |